Brief communication: The Lahaina Fire disaster – how models can be used to understand and predict wildfires
<p>Following the destructive Lahaina Fire in Hawaii, our team has modeled the wind and fire spread processes to understand the drivers of this devastating event. The results are in good agreement with observations recorded during the event. Extreme winds with high variability, a fire ignition...
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| author | T. W. Juliano F. Szasdi-Bardales N. P. Lareau K. Shamsaei B. Kosović N. Elhami-Khorasani E. P. James H. Ebrahimian |
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| description | <p>Following the destructive Lahaina Fire in Hawaii, our team has modeled the wind and fire spread processes to understand the drivers of this devastating event. The results are in good agreement with observations recorded during the event. Extreme winds with high variability, a fire ignition close to the community, and construction characteristics led to continued fire spread in multiple directions. Our results suggest that available modeling capabilities can provide vital information to guide decision-making and emergency response management during wildfire events.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e122eda2be7c4c1199f28b167625ea952024-01-11T11:42:24ZengCopernicus PublicationsNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences1561-86331684-99812024-01-0124475210.5194/nhess-24-47-2024Brief communication: The Lahaina Fire disaster – how models can be used to understand and predict wildfiresT. W. Juliano0F. Szasdi-Bardales1N. P. Lareau2K. Shamsaei3B. Kosović4N. Elhami-Khorasani5E. P. James6H. Ebrahimian7U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USADepartment of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USADepartment of Physics, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USADepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USAU.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USADepartment of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USACooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USADepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USA<p>Following the destructive Lahaina Fire in Hawaii, our team has modeled the wind and fire spread processes to understand the drivers of this devastating event. The results are in good agreement with observations recorded during the event. Extreme winds with high variability, a fire ignition close to the community, and construction characteristics led to continued fire spread in multiple directions. Our results suggest that available modeling capabilities can provide vital information to guide decision-making and emergency response management during wildfire events.</p>https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/47/2024/nhess-24-47-2024.pdf |
| spellingShingle | T. W. Juliano F. Szasdi-Bardales N. P. Lareau K. Shamsaei B. Kosović N. Elhami-Khorasani E. P. James H. Ebrahimian Brief communication: The Lahaina Fire disaster – how models can be used to understand and predict wildfires Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| title | Brief communication: The Lahaina Fire disaster – how models can be used to understand and predict wildfires |
| title_full | Brief communication: The Lahaina Fire disaster – how models can be used to understand and predict wildfires |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Brief communication: The Lahaina Fire disaster – how models can be used to understand and predict wildfires |
| title_short | Brief communication: The Lahaina Fire disaster – how models can be used to understand and predict wildfires |
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